Dance Card (Fred & Ginger)

*Hot off the Vandercook press*

Snap up a letterpress printed Dance Card (Fred & Ginger) for £5.

Watch Fred and Ginger dance the light fantastic. Letterpress printed in an edition of 115, complete with hand tinted vermillion watercolour detail and velvet ribbons. Twist the ribbons then release to witness the magic of the best dance duo ever to grace the silver screen. 110 x 75mm, Letterpress printed from Polymer plates on Bristol 400gsm paper, 2011.

Homemade Christmas

Unable to curb my collectors instinct even whilst living a little hand to mouth, I spy abandoned/broken/sad looking foundlings on New York's streets, I scoop them up, attach thread and hang them from our tree branch. A plastic horse head now dangles from its nostrils, a rusty bolt now adorns a pink satin ribbon, an empty chestnut shell now homes a pair of mink earrings. A season of the simplest pleasures.

Ink/Print/Dry/Tint/Fold

In readiness for the New York Center for Book Arts Holiday Fair.

Vandercook LOVE

Two fall-in-love-days with the Vandercook letterpresses at the NY Center for Book Arts leaves me smitten. The sounds/motion are captivating and deeply deeply satisfying. A romance dance in lead and polymer, paper and ink.

BOOKLYN

We visited the enlightening Booklyn in Brooklyn to spend a couple of hours reading a selection of artists' publications. Marshall made us feel mighty welcome, energized and completely inspired. We needed a sit down and an ale at Brouwerij Lane after all those magnificent editions.

Sunday Binding

I spent a very fine day last week in the bright and splendid studio of Benjamin Reynaert, a Brooklyn based Book artist and binder, where I did a bit of making on a commission for an upcoming exhibition. It felt so good to use my tools again.

4 minutes 32 seconds

not enough time to look in your eyes

Object Shrines

The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

December 1st

Nostrand Avenue late afternoon winter light